ONE of the country’s most wanted men has been arrested after a carjacking incident in Birmingham where a young mum was dragged from her car while two toddlers were sitting in the back seat.

Police had been called to the Slade Road area of Erdington just before 11am on Tuesday following reports of a burglary.

Minutes later three men were spotted running from a car and were chased by officers along Somerset Road.

In an attempt to escape, it’s understood one man dragged a female driver out of a Ford Focus and sped away with her one-year-old son and two-year-old daughter still in their child seats.

A 44-year-old, reported to be Cedric Brown, was arrested about a mile away from the incident. He was interviewed by detectives on suspicion of burglary and robbery.

He’ll also be questioned about a Bristol break-in in 2010 that appeared on BBC’s Crimewatch in which a husband and wife were tied up and slashed with a knife.

West Midlands Police Sergeant Nicholas Barnes, said: “Several police vehicles were in pursuit and the man abandoned the Ford Focus in South Grove where he was arrested by officers who then spotted the toddlers.

“Thankfully, neither of them was hurt and we quickly reunited them with their mum who naturally was extremely relieved.

“Officers responded to calls of the burglary within minutes. The suspects simply didn’t have enough time to get away from the location before they were swamped by police.”

Two other men – a 19-year-old from Perry Common and an 18-year-old from Bromford – were also arrested and are being quizzed over the Slade Road burglary.